Two newly crowned domestic cup champions will look to keep riding their triumphant wave as Zvezda (16-10) welcomes Zalgiris (12-14) to Belgrade.
Game Notes: Zvezda vs. Zalgiris



The Serbian team has climbed into a share of third place with a run of three straight wins, propelled by a rock-solid defense that has not allowed more than 71 points in any of those games. Offensive fireworks come from Isaiah Canaan, who has made 3 triples in five of the last seven games. Zalgiris can no longer call upon Lonnie Walker following his return to the United States, so it needs three-point shooting threat Deividas Sirvydis to repeat the scoring form that saw him net 17 points in a narrow home loss to Milan just before the break.
Game Videos
- Zalgiris has won four straight games against Crvena Zvezda and five straight at home, including holding off Zvezda 86-84 in Round 6 with Deividas Sirvydis scoring 17 points.
- The last time these two teams met in Belgrade, Yago Dos Santos posted career highs in PIR (32) and assists (14) in a 91-93 loss.
- When Zvezda pulled out a 59-61 road win over Zalgiris in November 2019, its last win in Kaunas, it set a club record for the fewest points scored in a EuroLeague victory.
- Zvezda's single-game club record of 15 steals was recorded on multiple occasions, including in a 77-65 home win over Zalgiris on January 5, 2018.
- Zvezda's Rokas Giedraitis has been a teammate of Zalgiris's Lukas Lekavicius on the Lithuanian national team.
- Zvezda guard Isaiah Canaan and Zalgiris forward Ignas Brazdeikis were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus last season.
- Zalgiris center Bryant Dunston and Virtus forward Ognjen Dobric were teammates at Virtus Segafredo Bologna last season.
- Zvezda big man John Brown grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds for UNICS Kazan against Zalgiris in February 2022.
- Zvezda forward Ognjen Dobric established a career-high in PIR with 23 in a game against Zalgiris in Kaunas in April 2022.
- Zalgiris big man Bryant Dunston matched his career high with 21 points playing for Anadolu Efes Istanbul in an 85-84 win over Crvena Zvezda in December 2015.
- Zvezda playmaker Milos Teodosic grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds for Olympiacos Piraeus against Zalgiris in January 2008.
- Zvezda guard Nemanja Nedovic delivered a career-high 9 assists while playing for Unicaja Malaga against Zalgiris in January 2018.
- Zvezda guard Branko Lazic set his career-high in steals with 4 against Zalgiris in January 2017.